Comments on: Ebola-Reston virus found in dead pigs – why the Phil Govt should’ve never kept silent about it

By: Global Voices in Italiano » Asia sudorientale: crescono i casi di nuovi virus

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:32:08 +0000

[...] mese scorso cinque persone sono risultate positive al virus di Ebola-Reston [in] nelle Filippine del nord. I cinque individui provenivano da allevamenti di maiali a Bulacan, [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Virus scare hits Southeast Asia

Global Voices Online » Virus scare hits Southeast Asia — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:02:24 +0000

[...] persons tested positive for the Ebola-Reston virus last month in the northern Philippines. The five individuals were from pig farms in Bulacan, [...]

By: neil tristan yabut

neil tristan yabut — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:29:38 +0000

more people should have mindsets like yours (at least regarding public health) and read articles like these.

i dont know what these officials were thinking.. why are they hiding the situation? are they ashamed of it? are they guilty about it?

the answer to both of these questions should be no.

in fact it's the government's obligation to keep the public informed of the state situation, including those matters regarding health. specifically concerning the outbreak in bulacan and nueva ecija, current knowledge of virus demands a precautionary investigation into the identity of ebola-reston and trace back how it infected the pigs. epidemiology, people. then develop/make widely available the diagnostics for it. then try to prevent it from happening again. because this is not just for humans, it's for the pigs and the pig industry too.

it's very likely that the ebola came from the jungle, where a bat or other mammal may serve as a reservoir for the virus.